November 13, 2007

I managed to break away from what I was doing today long enough to have a few choice conversations. One was with a new friend at a company I’m interviewing with soon. I had tried to have a substantial conversation with him for a week now, but our schedules kept us to hellos and short “call me around this time” exchanges. After connecting with him finally I was able to get some vital information that I didn’t even expect to get. Don’t you just love it when you expect a full house and get a royal flush.

I also managed to catch another important contact for a meeting next week. Same company, different person. Very critical stuff, but not unenjoyable. I thought briefly of scheduling another meeting this week, but with the prior commitment to help housemate Brian B.’s company out, this week is booked solid. After the obligatory phone call to the parents to keep them in the loop on my general goings on, my day continued in noble service (or back-breaking work, depending on who you talk to).

Not to out do myself, but I also managed to escape work at a more reasonable 5:30PM today (as opposed to 6-6:30PM the previous two nights). With my extra time I managed to get in a good swim and dryland workout. It seems like I run into more people at the Y than anywhere else. Not just people I already know, but people who want to converse or even get to know me. Tonight it was a Navy Seal hopeful training for his PST test in the pool. As I hit the wall during a set, he asked me about my general swimming history and told me about his. That’s usually how it starts.

Normally I love to meet new people, but when you’re in the middle of a workout, it’s really detrimental to your objective to stop and talk. I obliged him for a minute or so and continued on my way. I did manage to impart a few words of encouragement and advice in training for his fitness test. Hopefully he’ll take some of it to heart, but in truth I don’t think he really needed any advice other than to keep doing what he’s been doing. That’s all the advice I let myself give today. Giving advice is something way to many people do way too often (myself included). I like to think that in a broader sense I’m searching for truth. It’s like perfection, you seek it all the time, but it’s something you can never quite reach. I pay attention to people who are searching for it too, and I try to be wary of those who claim to have found it.

No more wisdom or advice. I’m spent for the evening.

Pics: The company warehouse, the company hummer (what healthcare business needs a hummer anyway?), looks like no one is in today, inside the belly of the beast, and the fellow lollygagers and ne’er do wells (sans housemates Brian B. and Wiener).